Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 224 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 61% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6036.35 on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on May 11, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48.65 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 0% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 333,020 acre feet

This is 80.72% of the average of 412,568 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 161,661 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 876,624 AF yet total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 171,359 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 174.79% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 45.26% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -1.93 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.84 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.41 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, May 12, 2026
6036.35
0.01
n/a
524
86.2
54.2
Mon, May 11, 2026
6036.34
-0.02
1,022,671
501
560
81.7
52.1
Sun, May 10, 2026
6036.36
-0.01
1,022,875
572
580
77.5
50.9
Sat, May 09, 2026
6036.37
-0.07
1,022,977
324
641
80.4
52.5
Fri, May 08, 2026
6036.44
-0.07
1,023,692
320
638
79.3
47.5
Thu, May 07, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
751
612
68.9
36.8
Wed, May 06, 2026
6036.51
0.00
1,024,408
645
523
62.6
45.5
Tue, May 05, 2026
6036.51
-0.09
1,024,408
54
476
61.3
48.6
Mon, May 04, 2026
6036.60
-0.04
1,025,329
804
455
68.7
52.2
Sun, May 03, 2026
6036.64
-0.03
829
456
73.5
48.8
Sat, May 02, 2026
6036.67
-0.01
1,026,046
917
450
66.6
45.5
Fri, May 01, 2026
6036.68
-0.04
1,026,148
615
445
66.4
44.9
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
6036.72
-0.04
1,026,558
818
441
65.5
51.8
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
6036.76
-0.06
1,026,968
167
438
68.4
49.5
Averages of List
6036.53
-0.03
1,024,707
562.8
517.1
71.9
48.6

Averages for May 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6055.34
-18.99
1,301,936
2973.42
1505.04
75.61
43.40
All-Time
6042.58
-6.23
1,189,681
3000.84
1406.00
75.61
43.40

Last 10 May 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, May 12, 2025
6038.28
-1.93
1,042,643
1499
378
83.1
47.6
Sun, May 12, 2024
6045.92
-9.57
1,124,744
1391
494
72.5
46.9
Fri, May 12, 2023
6056.18
-19.83
1,244,815
4705
5
74.7
46.6
Thu, May 12, 2022
6027.49
8.86
935,381
2455
297
66.0
42.0
Wed, May 12, 2021
6035.04
1.31
1,060,155
1448
538
76.0
40.0
Tue, May 12, 2020
6058.87
-22.52
1,333,510
1859
543
81.0
43.0
Sun, May 12, 2019
6046.05
-9.70
1,179,879
1259
408
n/a
n/a
Sat, May 12, 2018
6049.94
-13.59
1,224,845
1722
398
82.0
57.0
Fri, May 12, 2017
6078.28
-41.93
1,599,170
3522
4061
79.0
43.0
Thu, May 12, 2016
6072.66
-36.31
1,517,798
2066
408
75.0
35.0
Averages of List
6051.09
-14.74
1,228,750
2665
763
78.2
46.7


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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